Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms

Level Reconstruction Description
MAQU-LALO Low, humble
MAQU-QALUGA High, higher, high-ranking
MAQU.1 Fixed, firm; constant, persistent, permanent; caught, stuck, snagged
MAQUGA Mountain
MAQULI Life principle, soul, spirit
MAQURI Alive, live; life
MAQUTOFU A plant
MARA Food fermented to preserve it, or to enhance the taste
MARAGAI.* South-east quarter and wind
MARAWA Rabbitfish (Teuthis rostratus) (Hpr)
MAROKO Dry: *m(a,o)rok(a,o,e)
MARONA To die down, to be brought down: *ma(r,l)ona
MAROO Hard (not soft), stiff, dry
MASA-IA High and dry, stranded by receding water
MASA.1 Dry, empty (of liquid), low (of tide)
MASA.2 Bitter
MASAFU Weapon (Rby)
MASAGA.1 Forked, branching (Clk)
MASAGA.2 Noose, snare
MASAGA.3 Turtle sp
MASAGI Rise into the air
MASAKI Sickness, sick person
MASAKI-TAGA Father's sister
MASALA Be clever, know
MASALO.A Think about, consider, suspect
MASALO.B Be astonished at, admire
MASAME A tree (Glochidion ramiflorum)
MASARA Recollect, think about
NO MASAU-LANI Guardian spirit
MASELE Sedge sp.: *ma(h,s)ele(sele)
MASI-MASI Dolphin-fish (Coryphaena hippurus)
MASI.1 Sour, acid, fermented (of vegetable food); vegetable food preserved by fermentation
MASI.2 Bark-cloth; loincloth
MASUI Left (not right)
MATA-.4 Numeral unitiser (classifier) for ten fish
MATA-A Obsidian or other stone that will flake with a sharp edge
MATA-A-FAGA Beach, seashore (Clk)
MATA-A-FALE Front of house
MATA-A-LIMA Finger
MATA-A-PULE Man of rank
MATA-A-QUHA Raindrop
NO MATA-A-TALA Some part of a house
MATA-A-WAE Toe
MATA-A-WAKA Bow, fore part of canoe
MATA-FENUA Extremity of land
NO MATA-KAINA Village, home place
MATA-KAINAGA Some social group, perhaps commoners inhabiting the same land division
CK MATA-KANA
MATA-KITE.A See clearly
MATA-KITE.B Clairvoyant, having second sight

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